Beekeeping Move Spurs Small Business Reconversion
Maury Maverick’s beekeeping stunt at the Smaller War Plants corporation signals a shift as War Production Board leaders begin easing civilian production limits. The push aims to convert idle steel surpluses into civilian goods, stabilize prices, and preserve small firms against subcontractor cancellations while fielding new materials like aluminum and magnesium.
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Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
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Congress
San Antonio
Texas
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Maverick
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
WPB
Maury
Nelson
WACs Healthier Overseas Say Medical Officer
Major Margaret Janeway reports Fifth Army women in North Africa and Italy show strong health with 1 800 deployed since 1943 and only 12 sent home for medical reasons. They endure hardship with humor, work 12 hours daily, and receive adequate Army provisions while adjusting to desert conditions and strenuous duties.
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GERTRUDE_ BACHMAN
Union
WAC
Mediterranean
Margaret Janeway
U. S. Army
Janeway
Washington
Fifth Army
Wacs
North Africa
Jaheway
Mer
Oran
Algiers
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Navy
Marine Brothers
Menia
States
Italy
Naples
Meditérranean
Rea
Reagan
Dimes
Touhy Gang Memoir Sparks FBI Legend Of Hoovers Night Raid
Analyzed anecdotes recount FBI countermeasures against Roger Touhy and associates. Stories include disguises in a butcher shop, a priest disguise, a rear raid by J Edgar Hoover’s agents, and a dramatic crossfire ending with gangsters dead.
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Roger Touhy
Gov't
Touhy’g Pals
Touhy
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI
Bicycles to China for Army Use in Air Delivery Plan
More than 6 000 bicycles are to be shipped to China by air for the Chinese army to use where roads are scarce. Youths ages 16 to 17 with parental consent may enlist for training for service in the U S merchant marine. A farmer should insure against hazard years by investing wartime income in war bonds.
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China
U. S. Merchant Marine
WAC Morale And Life In Algiers In 1943 Letters
Major Jane Way notes WACs enjoy low sickness, long-tenured units, and good morale in Algiers with ample facilities. She mentions hairdressers, cosmetics, post exchanges, laundry, and relaxed curfew as morale boosters. WACs also gain passes and can host dates in their mess halls amid growing shops and services.
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Janeway
Ala Giers
WAC
North Africa
Italy
Algiers
General Quiz Questions From a Historic Page
A set of trivia prompts asks about U S forestry coverage, a peccadillo, FDR rating, Ethan Allen’s association, amusement-park turntables, which Dakota state joined the Union, the Bible's most mentioned bird, largest European country among Belgium Denmark Netherlands, southern states’ share of U S area, and the first U S ambassador.
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Tseed
Ethan Allen
North
South Dakota
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
United States
Forests cover roughly one third of the United States
The excerpt lists facts including forest coverage about one third, dates and figures about colonial and international figures, and notes on territorial and diplomatic history with references to the Green Mountain Boys and early ambassadors to the United States.
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Green Mountain Boys
Dove
Dénimark
Belgium
Netherlands
United States
Julian Pauncefote
Great Britain
Pieter Johan van Derckel
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